Ooooo our first gig at King Tuts Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow. We’re awfa excited. We’re going mental and you can get tix from us for £3 – that’s way cheaper than anywhere else in the world. Send us a message to our myspace if you would like some or email cuddlyshark@hotmail.co.uk

We thoroughly recommend you check out Japandroids .

There’s a facebook event page here for this gig. So consider your face invited.

Snuggly Chark
xxx

Well homies Cuddly Shark is hitting the road. Being endorsed by Tommy fae Trainspotting has sparked a frenzy amongst promoters all over Scotland, a bidding war has taken place and the victorius venues are…

JANUARY
20th – Nice N Sleazys, Glasgow
22nd – Hootenannys, Inverness
23rd – Drummonds, Aberdeen
24th – Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh

A host of sexual supports are on the billing too…

Glasgow w/Farewell Singapore, Bad Bad Men & My Cousin I Bid You Farewell.
Inverness w/Farewell Singapore.
Aberdeen w/Farewell Singapore, Eric Euan & Miss the Occupier.
Edinburgh w/Munchkins, Hagana & Rodent Emporium.

All gigs are pay on the door and it won’t sting you more than a fiver tops

A bus is being organised from Elgin on the 22nd so that Cuddly’s home-squad can get wheeled in to cause some liver damage in Inverness.

To confirm your spot on the Shark Bus a Facebook Events page is here, stick yer face doon.

See you on the road.

The mass hysteria got so intense that the BBC show’s regular presenter, Mr Vic Galloway, had to be pulled from presenting the show as they couldn’t stop him from weeping like a baby when he first shook hands with Colin. Fortunately a deaf blind man called Steve Sole, unaware of the anarchy that was going on around him was drafted in to present while Vic was treated for anxiety with several shots of Diazepam to calm him down.

Mandi Freeman, the show’s producer commented on the events of last night, “I haven’t seen this kind of fan frenzy since Menswear did a session in 1996, it was extremely intense and emotionally draining but thankfully the show went ahead without a hitch”.

Cuddly Shark were unavailable for comment.

You can listen to the show for yourself for the next 7 days on the BBC iPlayer.

Simply click here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00pbp81/Vic_Galloway_14_12_2009/

Check it oot: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00p2bnw#synopsis

This means we’ll be getting played every week for the next four weeks on the tranny!

That’s the best Crimbo present we could ask for. Apart from scalextrics, scalextrics is way cool.

Cheery Cheery!

The SHARK
xxx

Music News are sucking our cuddly willy right now. It’s great! We did an interview for them which you can read here: http://www.music-news.com/ShowReview.asp?nCID=0&H=Cuddly-Shark-&nReviewID=5315&nType=4

Or read on, we’ve copied and pasted it like proper IT specialists…

Cuddly Shark were born and bred in the bonnie highlands of Scotland. The band consists of Colin Reid on guitar and vocals, Ruth Forsyth on bass guitar and vocals, and Jason Sinclair on drums and vocals.

With the debut album recorded by Scott Maple (Le Reno Amps) and Ross McGowan (Dananananaykroyd, We Are the Physics), released in November 2009 Music-News.com caught up with the three-piece to ask some questions.

You’re called Cuddly Shark but you have a picture of a dog on the album cover, why?

Jason: We didn’t want to give the album a title, fancied giving it more of a theme. We have a song about a dog (Mannybix) and we have doggy nicknames (cos we’re off the chain like that!) so went with dogs.

Ruth: Jason loves his hounds.

Colin: If it had been a shark it would’ve been too obvious and he’s such a cute wee doggy. I think this album was always going to be dog themed. Maybe a different animal for every album?

Why did you gravitate towards Glasgow?

Jason: The glamorous weather! It’s the music hotspot in Scotland so thought it made sense to be here. You stand good ground for touring north and south.

Ruth: Yeah, We all made the move from Aberdeen to Glasgow at different times, but for similar reasons, mainly music and work! Escaping the Granite City’s nuclear sea gulls was a bonus too.

Colin: Glasgow’s an obvious choice. The music scene here is great and we’ve made so many friends through playing with other bands. If it was called for I’m sure we’d move south of the border.

What’s Woody Woodpecker all about?

Ruth: Its real meaning is a closely guarded secret.

Colin: It’s about that chap you meet at a party who really wants to hammer their point home even though you got it 2 drinks back.

Jason: Yeah and you’re polite and well mannered but in your mind you’re thinking please F**K OFF!

Who inspires you?

Jason: Vic Mackey from The Shield. He was a cheeky blighter but by God did he get the job done! I’m kinda like that.

Colin: I guess the bands we grew up listening to, Faith No More, Nirvana, Pixies stuff like that. From the moment I watched Faith No More Rock in Rio all I wanted to do was be in a band.

If you had to sum up what you sound like in one line how would you each do it?

Ruth: Barking!

Jason: Everything X factor isn’t

Colin: Good old fashioned punk rock!

What is the most memorable thing that has happened on tour so far in musical terms?

Jason: The other week we were playing and watched a guy in his forties slamming with a bunch of young un’s and he was just pulverizing them! Kinda like that scene in Bad Santa when he kicks the shit out of the kids. It was mental.

Colin: A while back we played an amazing gig in Sheffield, it was just awesome. The next evening however was a completely different story. We were playing Leeds on one of the wettest nights of the year. We all got a bout of food poisoning from the local noodle bar. J threw up in his mouth while we played and I nearly had a full scale panic attack. It was just awful and we had a 4 hour journey back to Glasgow to look forward too.

Ruth: Well for me being taken up to dance by a fishy smelling drunk geriatric while on tour in Inverness was real memorable!

Who’s your favourite Scottish band?

Ruth: Super Adventure Club.

Colin: I’ll second that I love Super Adventure Club.

Jason: Make that a full house! We recently played with them (Super Advenutre Club) a few times and it’s great to watch them live. Albums ace too.

Who’s the wild one of the three?

Colin: I would’ve said Jason but he’s a knackered old dog now, Ruth’s a bit of a dark horse, there are some stories about her that’ll never see the light of day.

Jason: Yeah Ruth’s got a firey side. She’s punched my mum you know!

Ruth: Oh c’mon it must be Colin. He works in IT and drives a Volvo but we all know that’s just a smoke screen!

What album are you most into at this present time?

Ruth: We played a couple gigs in Edinburgh recently, and the sound girl introduced us to Matson Jones. They make cellos sound rockin’.

Jason: Yeah I’m listening to Matson Jones a lot just now.

Colin: Well I recently went to see The Flaming Lips so listening to anything and everything by them right now.

What would you like to tell our readers?

Colin: Please call for help they’ve got us locked in the Music-News basement!

Ruth: My dad has 3 nipples.

Jason: That the chicken is the closest living relative to dinosaurs! And buy our album!

When you become megastars will you still give Music-News.com an interview?

Jason: Of course! You’re Music-News.com !

Ruth: Music who?!

Colin: Don’t worry I’ll make sure to fax you from LA in my guitar shaped pool while Courtney Cox Arquette spoon feeds me white chocolate toblerone.

THANKS!
Thank you x

As ever the album is available at Armellodie Records:
http://armellodie.bigcartel.com/product/cuddly-shark

OR

If you’re a tight-ass Music News are still running their win our album competition here:
http://www.music-news.com/ShowCompetition.asp?nCompetitionID=1011&

Yours Sharply,
Forsyth, Reid & Sinclair Ltd.
xxx

They’re also running a competition to win one of 10 copies of our spunkin’ debut record. So if you’ve nae bought it yet (yer a dick!) go here to be in with a chance of winning one for nowt but a few clicks!

Schlaters,
Cuddly Shark
xxx

Let’s properly launch this mofo into the orbit! Gang you with us!!!!?

“Cuddly Shark” our eponymous debut album is out now, including the sma’-shit singles, The Punisher of IV30, Woody Woodpecker and The Sheriff of Aspen Bay plus a whole host of other riff- busting tunes.

You can buy the record on CD from the freshest faced indie in Scotchland, Armellodie Records:
http://armellodie.bigcartel.com/product/cuddly-shark

If digital is your thing then the usual myriad of Mp3 shops should be stocking our wares as of noo.
Here’s the link for iTunes:
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/cuddly-shark/id337265544

Also available on eMUSIC:
http://www.emusic.com/album/Cuddly-Shark-Cuddly-Shark-MP3-Download/11678946.html

Thank you for your support.

The album’s been getting some great feedback, none more so than from our faithful allies, Subba-Cultcha, who not only gave all our singles accolades but have now pretty much nailed what we’re all about in this album review. Big thanks to those Subba folks!

Cuddly Shark – Subba-Cultcha Review
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=10556

Some of Glasgow’s freshest faces release their debut album and it’s pretty spectacular…

Cuddly Shark, upon first listen, are one of the rarities a music journalist is given – a band you have never heard of that you actually want to keep listening to. Upon second, third and fourth listen my initial reaction is not wrong. Hailing from Glasgow, which has a very tried and test amazing music scene, Cuddly Shark are two boys and a wee bonnie lass, and they create brutal, solid rock n’ roll that is sometimes like Fugazi and sometimes like Weezer. And sometimes, it’s like nothing and no one else. But it is always good.

A particular highlight of the album, other than the simplistic but intriguing dynamics of it all, are the lyrics. One of my favourites off of the album ’12 Months’, has the vocalist (I don’t know which of the two blokes it is, I think both plus girl all sing) shout-singing “I need sex because I’m a perv” and “I stare at girls because I’m a perv” – there’s nothing quite like brutal honesty and self reflection. In fact, it usually makes for awesome song writing when done in a self degrading not-poetic-at-all way.

Another favourite of mine from the album is ‘Whiteoaks’, which is very reminiscent of Weezer having one of their inspired pop moments. In fact, imagine Weezer crossed with Pavement, but definitely with Rivers on vocals. The lovely melodies, the simplistic and catchy riffs topped with the sweet sounding vocals make a very good song indeed. On the complete opposite end of the spectrum is ‘The Sheriff of Aspen Bay’ which is more brutish a la Fugazi and co than it is Weezer pop. ‘The Sheriff of Aspen Bay’ captures you in it’s frenzy, carries you on a torpedo ride – pausing slightly for a little break down section – and then carries right on and spits you out. In fact, the same could be said of the awesome ‘Bowl of Cherries’. However, they do meet in the middle and make this a very cohesive, well thought out album. Another personal favourite from the album, ‘Woody Woodpecker’, take the harsh elements as well as the pop sound and moulds the two together to make a near flawlessly executed piece of rock n roll.

All in all, Cuddly Shark’s self titled debut is very impressive indeed and they once again prove that the Scots (mostly) know how to make music.

****
By: Sara Curtis

Listen again here – http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio..1/vicgalloway/ – Shark on aboot 1:50:00.